Measuring the quality of care provided to dually enrolled medicare and medicaid beneficiaries living in nursing homes

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 536-544

  Zingmond, David S ^a,e   Saliba, Debra ^a,b   Wilber, Kathleen H ^c   MacLean, Catherine H ^d   Wenger, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Wellpoint Inc   (United States)

^e Div Gen Int Med Hlth Serv Res   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Long term care; Nursing home; Process of care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEARING LOSS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549135684     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318190cd8b     Document Type: Article

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